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Music & Entertainment
Live Music Fund headed for final Council vote next month
The city’s Live Music Fund is expected to get final approval from City Council in February, nearly three and a half years since it was created using millions of dollars in Hotel Occupancy Tax revenues. At last week’s Music Commission…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 9, 2023
Millennium Youth complex among first sites considered for creative space bond funds
The Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex may be one of the first two sites to receive some of the city’s $12 million in bond funding for creative space preservation. On Thursday, City Council will vote on a request from the Austin…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 7, 2022
Events task force delivers recommendations for managing major gatherings
The city will likely begin collecting and publishing comprehensive information on major events and music festivals in the coming years as part of a widespread revision to the special events ordinance that regulates large gatherings impacting communities and city services.…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Dec 1, 2022
EDC talks deals but no details of creative space investments
At the end of this month the public will get the next detailed look at how the city plans to purchase and assist a handful of struggling creative spaces, but won’t get to hear specifics about which businesses have been…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Nov 10, 2022
Long Center makes sole bid to manage city's Live Music Fund
The Long Center for the Performing Arts appears almost certain to be named as the organization that will handle the application process and payments for recipients of grants from the city’s long-awaited Live Music Fund. The fine arts center was…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 11, 2022
Initial music census findings show changing landscape for Austin creatives
Early findings from a recent census of the Austin music community show some improvements in the state of local creatives, though there are still areas of concern for music stakeholders. At Monday’s meeting of the Music Commission, a presentation from…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 5, 2022
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Music Commission seeks say in land use around affordability, creative spaces
Members of the Music Commission have set their sights on influencing how the city handles land use specific to affordability, in the hopes that more homes and commercial spaces can be created for local musicians and artists. The commission voted…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Sep 14, 2022
Mosaic hub closure brings scrutiny, urgency to city's creative space bonds process
News of the impending closure of the Mosaic Sound Collective creative hub has brought attention to the growing need in the arts community for the city to deliver on its assistance efforts, specifically the $12 million on bond funding voters…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 22, 2022
Music census leaders try new approach with lessons from other cities
Austin’s second attempt at using a music census to gather data about the state of local musicians and the creative economy is underway. The team conducting the census hopes to use lessons from the 2015 version, as well as results…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 10, 2022
Music Commission wants to study pros and cons of expanded convention center
Before deciding its position on the proposed expansion of the Austin Convention Center, the Music Commission will form a working group to study details of the project that’s expected to cost up to $1.4 billion. Commissioners voted 7-1 at Monday’s…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 5, 2022
What is a live music venue? City Council looks to make it official
Nearly 32 years after declaring itself the Live Music Capital of the World, Austin is finally getting around to defining what, exactly, a live music venue is. A resolution on the agenda for today’s City Council meeting seeks to amend…
Music & Entertainment • By Chad Swiatecki • Jul 28, 2022
Red River Cultural District seeks new director to succeed Cowan
The Red River Cultural District is searching for a new executive director to lead the nonprofit organization that seeks to stabilize and improve the city’s most prominent cluster of live music venues. The search comes on the heels of the…
